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Presidency Quotes

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.

James K. Polk
Bed Of Roses, Presidential, Presidency

Running for the presidency's not an IQ test.

Rick Perry
Running, Tests, Presidency
"Rick Perry: Presidency is ‘not an IQ test’" By Kasie Hunt, www.msnbc.com. December 11, 2014.

Excellence does not begin in Washington.

Ronald Reagan
Excellence, Doe, Presidency

There's a cancer on the presidency.

John Dean
Cancer, Presidency
"The Hearings End Much as They Began" by David Maraniss, www.washingtonpost.com. June 19, 1996.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

James A. Garfield
Men, Planning, Presidency
Diary entry, February 04, 1879.

Individual liberty is individual power.

John Quincy Adams
Liberty, Individual Power, Presidency
John Quincy Adams (1965). “John Quincy Adams and American continental empire: letters, papers and speeches”, Chicago, Quadrangle Books

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

Ulysses S. Grant
Wanted, Presidency
"Around the World with General Grant". Book by John Russell Young. Volume 2, 1879.

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

Rick Perry
Jobs, Incredibles, Presidency

There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.

Jacob K. Javits
Office, Jew, Presidency

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Richard M. Nixon
Politics, Dignity, Presidency

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Names, Absurd, Presidency
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower (1963). “The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956”

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Al Gore
Popularity, Contests, Presidency
"Gore accepts Democratic nomination 'as my own man'" by Mike Ferullo, www.cnn.com. August 18, 2000.

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency.

Roh Moo-hyun
Situation, Presidency
"Roh: No confidence in doing my job", www.cnn.com. October 12, 2003.

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Psychological Needs, President, Presidency

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.

Wendell Phillips
Given, Statesmen, Presidency
Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.309

The First Month of the Buhari Presidency has been far, far from inspiring

Okey Ndibe
Months, Firsts, Presidency

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

Dan Quayle
Congress, Jack Kennedy, Presidency
Vice-presidential candidates' debate, October 5, 1988.

The presidency is temporary - but the family is permanent.

Yvonne de Gaulle
Family, Presidency, Permanent

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

Caroline Kennedy
Thinking, People, Presidency

Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings.

William J. Clinton
Feelings, President, Presidency
Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001”, p.2644, Best Books on

No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.

Theodore Roosevelt
Presidential, President, Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914”

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

Ron Fournier
Prejudice, Racial Prejudice, Presidency

The presidency is probably the loneliest office in America. Regardless of your friends, regardless of how good your marriage is, regardless of anything, you are alone there at the top.

Robert Reich
America, Office, Presidency
"American Experience", www.pbs.org.

I couldn't wait to start the day.

Gerald R. Ford
Waiting, Start The Day, Presidency

The problem is, there was plenty of trash talk during my presidency. A lot.

George W. Bush
Problem, Trash Talk, Presidency
Source: www.aarp.org

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